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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-30 11:50:57 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-30 11:50:57 -0700 |
| commit | 53387b0151260f6c3513adeca77f05ed052d6217 (patch) | |
| tree | 740bf533e79d3b3b65e17163af78f03d345dd248 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | 52e8e19b019ca7ad6951d7a39b78d24b198238bc (diff) | |
| parent | 113328306dbdfd5f146f257e447364dc66d025d4 (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
Driver core: fix 'dynamic_debug' cmd line parameter
HOWTO: Sync patch for jp_JP/HOWTO
Update stable tree documentation
sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong,int}
driver core: drivers/base/sys.c: update comments
Document kernel taint flags properly
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index bde799e0659..a4ccdd1981c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together: - 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this - includes modules with no license. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. + 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this + includes modules with no license. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. + 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. + 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. + 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. + 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. + 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system. + 64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This + could be because they are running software that directly modifies + the hardware, or for other reasons. + 128 - The system has died. + 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user + instead of using the one provided by the hardware. + 512 - A kernel warning has occurred. +1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. |